OK Martin, you win, that works, thanks. :) But it IS a pain in the ass to have to use three lines of code to get a single string from an XML file, don't you think? It could be compacted into one or two lines, but it would be even messier.
>>var nodes:Array = XPath.selectNodes(my_xml, "/pathto[1]/xml/text()"); >>var textnode:XMLNode = XMLNode(nodes[0]); >>var text:String = textnode.nodeValue; Thanks for the help. I hope AS 3 will address some of these issues. But I think its going to be the same thing most likely. Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Morten Barklund Shockwaved >>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 4:02 PM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Xpath and HTML tags inside XML bug? >> >>Mike Boutin wrote: >>> even in this case the result is undefined >>> >>> string = XPath.selectNodes(my_xml, "/pathto[1]/xml").nodeValue; >> >>I've just gotten the libraries, and it is exactly as I expected. >>selectNodes returns an Array of XMLNode-objects. Even the notion of >>/text() is just to get the node, which has no name, as it is a textnode >>- but it does not mean, that it will return the text. The function will >>still return an array of XMLNode-objects. So in order to actually get >>the text, you need to select the corrent index in the array, and then >>get the nodeValue from the XMLNode. given: >> >>var nodes:Array = XPath.selectNodes(my_xml, "/pathto[1]/xml/text()"); >>var textnode:XMLNode = XMLNode(nodes[0]); >>var text:String = textnode.nodeValue; >> >>That would be the proper way to do this perfectly and correctly. And >>rather OOP and nice too :) >> >>-- >>Morten Barklund - Information Architect - Shockwaved >>Gothersgade 49, 4th floor - DK-1123 Copenhagen K, Denmark >>Phone: +45 7027 2227 - Fax: +45 3369 1174 >>_______________________________________________ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
